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How will Trump punish Russia next?
In national security, punishing people can be an art form. Figuring out the right tool to use—and how high to raise the volume in response to bad behavior—takes a lot of careful thought and analysis about what really matters to your target and what your own end goal is. The U.S. announcement—which followed similar announcements from several other...
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[Opinion] Nord Stream II aims to undermine Energy Union
The Gazprom pipeline simply does not have any commercial bearing. Rather, it undermines the functioning and effectiveness of the European Energy Union and circumvents Ukraine for gas transits – paving the way for further Russian strong-arming in the region. …read more Source:...
Russia: Who’s expelling diplomats (and who isn’t)
Sixteen EU members and the United States were among 20 countries that on Monday announced they were kicking out Russian diplomats. The decision follows last week’s EU summit, during which leaders concluded that there was “no plausible alternative explanation” other than Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former spy and his...
May: More than 100 Russian intelligence officers expelled from 18 countries
More than 100 Russian intelligence officers are to be expelled from 18 countries in response to the Salisbury chemical attack, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. Speaking to MPs in the House of Commons, May said that the U.K., EU countries, the U.S., Canada and Ukraine had “sent a message that we will not tolerate Russia’s...
Battle of leaks as Hungarian campaign heats up
For Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the stakes of next month’s general election just got a lot higher. A spate of corruption allegations and new questions over whether his government had a role in leaking recordings of civil society leaders mean a surprise loss could translate into years spent behind bars. With less than two weeks to go before...
[Interview] Ukraine eyes €500m EU aid, while fighting corruption
Kiev is hoping to secure more than €500m in EU aid by July, amid its never-ending fight against corruption. The finance minister tells EUobserver the prosecutor general should resign – meanwhile privatisations of 3,500 state-owned companies go ahead, despite war. …read more Source:...
Tusk: 14 EU countries expel Russian diplomats
Fourteen EU countries joined with the United States and other allies to expel Russian diplomats on Monday in response to a nerve agent attack in Salibsury, England. European Council President Donald Tusk announced the coordinated expulsions at a meeting of EU leaders in Varna, Bulgaria. At the same time, Tusk expressed condolences for a shopping...
‘It’s very difficult to overestimate the potential danger John Bolton could put us in’
John Bolton has advocated for war with Iran and North Korea. He loathes the United Nations, disdains international law and still thinks the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq was the right idea. He’s a China skeptic and a Russia hawk who, as one former colleague from the Bush administration put it to me the other day, never met a military option he...
Don’t forget Salisbury, Donbass and Crimea | LSM – Latvia
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Thousands rally for Moldova to become part of Romania
Tens of thousands rallied in the Moldovan capital of Chișinău on Sunday in support of the tiny former Soviet country becoming part of Romania. The demonstrators, whose numbers reached 100,000, according to organizers, adopted a statement calling on the Moldovan and Romanian parliaments to receive their representatives and asked Romanian lawmakers...
